Don Fehr
Don Fehr
Donald Martin Fehr is the executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association. He became nationally prominent while serving as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1985 to 2009...
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asking baseball classic discussion hope next time works
If over time the World Baseball Classic works the way we hope it will, I think the next time there is a discussion it will be the IOC asking us to come back.
review
They can review anything they want to review.
beloved enthusiasm fans game passion played players throughout
Kirby played the game with such passion and enthusiasm that he was beloved by players and fans throughout all of baseball.
bargaining contact develop five hope host last offices relations result six wait
Over the last five or six years, there's a lot more day-to-day contact between our offices on a whole host of things. You develop better working relations as a result of doing that. You hope that that translates into something which makes bargaining a little easier. But that's something you wait to find out.
continue expect next office sometime
We've had these discussions for sometime with the commissioner's office and I expect the conversations will continue next week.
along baseball cooperation cuban early forward given grateful greater license opening opens state tournament
We are grateful for the cooperation of the Departments of State and Treasury. The license we have been given opens the way for the Cuban Baseball Federation's participation, along with other federations from around the world, in the inaugural Baseball Classic, and we now look forward with even greater anticipation to the opening of the tournament in early March.
atmosphere chances optimistic outside overall people reaching reasons
What I can say is that the overall atmosphere of the sport is such that there are a lot of reasons that people on the outside should be optimistic about our chances of reaching an agreement.